From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V12 #30 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Thursday, May 3 2007 Volume 12 : Number 030 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [pt] american doll posse [Jeffrey Clark ] Re: [pt] american doll posse ["Nancy Cristiano" ] Re: [pt] american doll posse ["Tom xxxxx" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 23:22:07 -0400 From: Jeffrey Clark Subject: Re: [pt] american doll posse I've been listening to it for some time now as well, and picked up the deluxe edition today. I wasn't impressed with the DVD, I thought it was kind of a waste, personally. As far as the album, there's a lot of tracks that I like, and a bunch I don't. Like Wendi, I find the short tracks to be pretty blah. Some of the other songs like Teenage Hustling and You Can Bring Your Dog haven't really gotten to me either, but I've become addicted to others like Digital Ghost, Beauty of Speed, and Father's Son. The album certainly isn't what I was expecting, given what I'd heard about it in the previous months, but overall I'm enjoying it. I can't say I understand the whole costume thing though. I didn't get it when she did all the different personalities for SLG, and I don't get it now. Wendi Sopher wrote: > Anyone else out there have any thoughts on the album so far? I know that it > has been getting some mixed reviews. It seems like people either love it or > hate it. > > Wendi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 07:26:19 -0400 From: "Nancy Cristiano" Subject: Re: [pt] american doll posse Originally posted by Richard: > I'd love to get the audiophile LP of this that Tori mentioned in an > interview, but I haven't come across it in the scavenger hunt that > finding and buying the special edition of this CD became. Anybody have > any hints? Maybe the LP won't be out for a few weeks or something. > Please kindly forgive me if this was officially announced, as I've been > too occupied with work to have focused on this as I might have wanted. If you do a search on eBay or eBay Express, there's a seller who's offering the LP for $18.99. I don't know if the seller is reliable, but I thought that was too good a price to pass up (especially for a double album) so I snagged one last night. That's $50+ I spent on Tori yesterday, to make up for 'listening early'. My guilt is completely assuaged. Especially after watching that DVD, which was kinda underwhelming. ;-) Love, - -Nancy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 19:16:06 +0000 From: "Tom xxxxx" Subject: Re: [pt] american doll posse Hey all, My first impressions (based on one listen and quick scan of the lyrics) are favorable. ADP will probably not rank among my favorite Tori works, but it is good and I appreciate her mixing up her sound and song content. First of all, it sounds like Tori as part of a band rather than a Tori solo album. This is a good thing. I've seen people say it sounds most like Strange Little Girls, and there is something to be said for that idea. However, it is really different than most things she's done previously. I think it sounds like the better glam rock acts of the 70s (Bowie, T Rex, some Queen), but it stylistically bobs and weaves all over the place. Some individual song impressions (may get tracks out of order, as I'm at work without the CD in front of me): Yo George: Decent, but a bit too obvious. Last line is terrific. Big Wheel: I like the country Tori sound. I like it when artists (Tori, but also Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, and others) put dark lyrics in bouncy and seemingly harmless music. Good stuff. Teenage Hustling: Full glam rock spectacle. I think I like this. Code Red: I'm dying to hear this one live. In fact, it would make a good concert opener. Dark and broody and somewhat Pele-esque. Almost Rosey: Didn't like it at first, but when the pace shifts it becomes wonderful. Seventies sounding, but not glam-seventies, more like singer-songwriter seventies. Girl Disappearing: Gorgeous strings. The melody is similar to "Famous Blue Raincoat" and there is even a Cohen-ness to the lyrics. On my list of songs I want to actively grok. Fat Slut: Glam/punk banshee wail with no piano. Cathartic but a little obvious. Programmable Soda: Dippy. I'll give it a few more listens, but right now it's ranked with my least favorite Tori songs. Dark Side of the Sun: A good antiwar anthem that suffers from the heavy-handedness that afflicts most antiwar anthems. Smokey Joe: See comments on Code Red, although this should be played near the end of the show. Dragon: Love the Scarlet's Walk meets the Middle Ages sound. Some of the best piano work on the CD. It's a good disk overall. I already like ADP more than The Beekeeper. Only time and repeated listening will determine how much more. Have we confirmed that she is touring without a guitar player? If ever one of her tours needed one this would be it. Also, she said something in the WNYC Soundcheck interview today that made me think she might have a guitar player on board. Cheers, Tom M. "Can you Mr. Bush light the sage" - --- Tori Amos, "Indian Summer" _________________________________________________________________ MSN is giving away a trip to Vegas to see Elton John. Enter to win today. http://msnconcertcontest.com?icid-nceltontagline ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V12 #30 *************************************